Shoe-skate.



W. R. DORSEY.

SHOE SKATE.

APPLICATION FILED 1330.2, 1910.

Patented July 25, 1911. I

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SHOE SKATE.

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WILLIAIW R. DORSEY, 0F NEJV YORK, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1 911.

Application filed Bee-ember 2, 1910. Serial No. 595,198.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, t t innnmr it. DoRsnY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New York, in the county of Kings and State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Inun'ovements in ShoeSkates, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in shoeskates, and the object thereof is to provide a device of this characterin which the skate is permanently connected to the shoe, and the latteris formed in two sections, or halves, and is applied to the foot, orover the shoe on the foot, and is secured thereto in rigid manner, theremoval of the entire device being effected by simple disengagement ofthe fastening means or elements.

The invention aims to provide a device of this type of simple andinexpensive construction, and one which can be applied quickly andreadily to the foot, or the shoe.

Further and other objects will later appear.

In the dr wings, Figure 1, is a side elevation of the invention, inwhich an ice skate is employed, Fig. 2, is a front elevation of Fig. 1,but illustrating the parts in open position ready to be applied inposition on the foot, Fig. 3, is a section on line 3-8 of Fig. 1, Fig.4, is a detail view, in section of the fastening button, or clasp, Fig.5, is an en larged detail sectional view, illustrating the manner ofapplying the button, or clasp, Fig. 6, is a view similar to Fig. l, butshowing a roller skate, and Fig. 7, is a front elevation of Fig. 6.

The invention includes a base plate 1, which in Fig. 1, of the drawingsis divided into a toe and heel portion, the upper of the device, vhichis constructed in two parts being constituted of a pair of sole sections2, hinged to the sides of the base plate 1, by means of the hinges 3,and upper portions proper 4-, connected to the upper faces of the solesections 2, as depicted in the drawings. A strip of brass or the like 5,is secured to one of the upper portions 4, so that it projects beyondthe free edge thereof, as seen in Fig. 5, of the drawings. The fasteningmembers or elements '7, consist of a base 8, a threaded shank 10, and ahead 9, the base extending on the under side of the strip 5, the shankextending through the strip, and the head 9, extending on the upper orouter side of the strip to thereby clamp the strip between the head andthe base. Straps G, are riveted at one end to the opposite upper portion41-, and at their free ends are formed with a series of openings topermit of the passage therethrough of the shanks 10, whereby the upperportions are secured in closed position. Similarly at the back of theshoe, the fastening elements 7, are positioned, which operate in thesame identical manner as those at the shoe front. A bracing or reinforcing plate 17,eXtends upwardly from the heel. base plate 1, in orderto brace the heel portions when the latter are in closed position. Abrace 16, is secured to the runner 11, and to the front side of theright angular plate 17, to afford rigid support to the latter.

The modification shown in Fig. 6, and Fig. 7, are similar in allrespects to that depicted in the other figures, with the exception thata roller skate type is here embodied, as compared with the ice skateform illustrated in the other figures. The base plate is here designated1, the toe and heel sections 2', the hinges 3, and the upper portions 4.As distin guished from the form of the invention in which same isadapted for ice skating, the roller skate type, employs a bracingelement 12, in the form of a plate which is of right angular form andwhich has its base secured to the base plate 1, and its right angularpart engaged with the heel sections. In all other regards the two typesare identical, excepting again, that the base plate 1, in the rollerskate form, is not divided into a toe and heel part as in the ice skatetype.

It will be seen from the above that the device may be easily and quicklyapplied and removed, and that the ice runner or the skate wheels, willbe firmly neld to the feet, against any tendency toward disengagementfrom the feet.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 2 1. In ashoe skate, a base plate, an upper composed of two sections, eachsection having a sole portion, the sole portions being hingcdlyconnected to the base plate, and fastening elements connected to the twoupper sections at the front and rear of the same.

2. In a shoe skate, a base plate carrying a runner, or the like, and anupper composed of two sections each hingedly connected to the base plateand having means whereby they may be secured together.

3. In a shoe skate, a base plate, an upper composed of an upper portionproper separated into two sections, each section having a sole portionhinged to the base plate, means to secure the upper sections together,and means to brace the heel portions of the two sole sections.

4. In a shoe skate, a base plate, a pair of upper sections hinged to thebase plate, each upper section being composed of a sole and heel sectionadapted when in operative position to lie on top of the base plate, saidupper sections being joined at the front and rear thereof, and fasteningelements to secure the upper sections at the front and rear thereof.

5. In a shoe skate, in combination with a runner, a base plate formed ofa heel and toe portion rigidly secured to the heel and toe portion ofthe runner, a pair of sole sections, hinges secured to the outer sidesof the toe portion of the base plate and to the outer sides of said solesections, hinges secured to the outer sides of the heel portion of thebase plate and to the outer sides of the heel portion of said solesections, an upper section carried by each of the sole sections, and abrace secured at one end to the runner and at its opposite end to thefront end of the heel portion of the base plate.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of tWosubscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM R. DORSEY. Vitnesses:

James HAMILTON, FREDERICK E. WVOLZ.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

